Back when F1 was still an elector and desperately campaigning to get recognized as king, he was relentlessly insisting that he deserved the same ceremonial treatment, privileges, precedence, etc. as a king. So his master of ceremonies had to do a lot of work making a case for why electors were the equals of kings and deserved just as much respect.
Once F1's campaign succeeded, his master of ceremonies' job went overnight to making the case for why kings were far superior to electors and deserved far more precedence. The part that made me laugh was when Horowki reported that he had to buy back as many copies as he could find of all the learned pamphlets he'd written over the last decade, and destroy them.
ETA: Oh, Horowski also says that the "in" vs. "of" was only for certain formal documents, and casually everyone said "King of Prussia," or used "King in Prussia" the same way they used "King in England," i.e. without a politically meaningful difference. And in some languages, no one used "in" at all.
He also repeats the claim I've seen in many places, that "of" wasn't formally recognized until the acquisition of West Prussia in 1772.
Which btw includes this bookmark I picked up in a gift shop, presumably the one at Sanssouci.
While digging that up, I ran across this postcard, which I'd forgotten I had, and which I acquired on the same trip:
I just can't wait to be king
Once F1's campaign succeeded, his master of ceremonies' job went overnight to making the case for why kings were far superior to electors and deserved far more precedence. The part that made me laugh was when Horowki reported that he had to buy back as many copies as he could find of all the learned pamphlets he'd written over the last decade, and destroy them.
ETA: Oh, Horowski also says that the "in" vs. "of" was only for certain formal documents, and casually everyone said "King of Prussia," or used "King in Prussia" the same way they used "King in England," i.e. without a politically meaningful difference. And in some languages, no one used "in" at all.
He also repeats the claim I've seen in many places, that "of" wasn't formally recognized until the acquisition of West Prussia in 1772.
Which btw includes this bookmark I picked up in a gift shop, presumably the one at Sanssouci.
While digging that up, I ran across this postcard, which I'd forgotten I had, and which I acquired on the same trip: